DevOps is a blending of software development and operations, and a set of automated practices to condense release cycles across the life cycle of software development. SecDevOps (also referred to as SDevOps or DevSecOps) extends the methodology by integrating security best practices into the development, quality assurance, and deployment of software in this life cycle. DevOps automation tools use privileged credentials like any application-to-application solution, but security is, unfortunately, too often an afterthought. Consider the following DevOps security risks:
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